Scrape data from the internet

Run reports with RMarkdown or Quarto

Send emails

Save results

Deploy Shiny Apps.

.. And so on! Depends on what are your skills in R.

Run devtools::check()

Run tests

Build and update documentation and website

Git is a Version Control System (VCS).

It is able to store the change history of all files inside a folder, which we call a repository.

It becomes important as your work is collaborative.

Git is software that you can install on your computer.

GitHub is a service where you store and share Git repositories.

Used by millions of people in open or closed source projects.

Useful for collaborating with other programmers on data science projects.

There are alternatives such as GitLab and BitBucket.

GitHub is a website that you can access on the internet.